Zeel Desai (born 18 February 1999) is an Indian tennis player from Ahmedabad.
Desai has a career-high singles ranking of 511 by the WTA, achieved on 12 February 2024. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 485, attained on 3 March 2025. Desai has won five singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Desai represents India competing in the Billie Jean King Cup and made her debut at the 2021 Play-offs against Latvia. In February 2023, she entered the final of the W15 tournament at the Joygaon Academy with a semifinal victory against Vaidehi on her birthday. In the final, she beat qualifier Sandeepti Singh Rao in three sets to win the title. In November 2023, she lost to Shrivalli to finish runner-up at the ITF event on the Bowring Institute clay courts in Bengaluru. In February 2024, Desai won her first match as a wildcard entry into the WTA 125 Mumbai Open against Sapfo Sakellaridi, in straight sets.
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner-ups) Legend W25/35 tournaments (1–1) W10/15 tournaments (4–7)Finals by surfaceHard (4–5)Clay (1–3) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000 Hard Ana Bianca Mihăilă 6–3, 5–7, 4–6Win 1–1 Feb 2017ITF Gwalior, India15,000 Hard Mahak Jain 6–3, 7–5Loss 1–2 Jun 2018ITF Guimarães, Portugal 15,000 Hard Maria João Koehler 1–6, 6–3, 1–6Loss 1–3 Mar 2020ITF Cairo, EgyptW15 Hard Sandra Samir 7–5, 6–7(7), 2–6Loss 1–4 Jan 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Salma Djoubri 4–6, 6–3, 2–6Loss 1–5 Feb 2022ITF Jhajjar, IndiaW15 Clay Anna Ureke 4–6, 6–4, 4–6Loss 1–6 Feb 2022ITF Ahmedabad, IndiaW15 Clay Emily Seibold 2–6, 1–6Win 2–6 Feb 2023ITF Jhajjar, IndiaW15 Clay Sandeepti Singh Rao 1–6, 6–1, 6–4Win 3–6 Oct 2023ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Hina Inoue 6–2, 6–4Loss 3–7 Nov 2023ITF Bengaluru, IndiaW25 Clay Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 0–6, 6–4, 3–6Loss 3–8 Apr 2025ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Anastasiia Gureva 0–6, 0–2 ret.Win 4–8 Sep 2025ITF Gurugram, IndiaW15 Hard Shruti Ahlawat 2–6, 6–1, 6–4Win 5–8 Feb 2026ITF Gurugram, IndiaW15 Hard Polina Kuharenko 6–2, 7–6(3)
Doubles: 21 (6 titles, 15 runner-ups) Legend W50 tournaments W25/35 tournaments W10/15 tournaments Finals by surfaceHard (6–14)Clay (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Sep 2016ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt10,000 Hard Ola Abou Zekry Suzy Larkin Theiviya Selvarajoo 7–5, 6–4Win 2–0 Sep 2017ITF Hua Hin, Thailand15,000 Hard Pranjala Yadlapalli Rutuja Bhosale Alexandra Walters 6–2, 7–5Win 3–0 Apr 2018ITF Hua Hin, Thailand15,000 Hard Bunyawi Thamchaiwat Sheng Yuqi Aldila Sutjiadi 7–5, 6–1Loss 3–1 Jun 2018ITF Guimarães, Portugal15,000 Hard Cristina Ene Karola Bejenaru Jacqueline Cabaj Awad 1–6, 0–6Loss 3–2 Jul 2018ITF Hong Kong15,000 Hard Akari Inoue Ng Kwan-yau Wu Ho-ching 4–6, 4–6Loss 3–3 Jul 2018ITF Jakarta, Indonesia15,000 Hard Mana Ayukawa Arianne Hartono Aldila Sutjiadi 1–6, 2–6Loss 3–4 Sep 2019ITF Pretoria, South AfricaW15 Hard Merel Hoedt Caroline Roméo Chanel Simmonds w/oWin 4–4 Jan 2020ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Anastasia Tikhonova Bojana Marinković Tereza Mihalíková 7–6(4), 5–7, [10–5]Loss 4–5 Mar 2020ITF Cairo, EgyptW15 Hard Stefania Rogozińska Dzik Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Sandra Samir 5–7, 2–6Loss 4–6 Feb 2023ITF Jhajjar, IndiaW15 Clay Vaidehi Chaudhari Diāna Marcinkēviča Fanny Östlund 2–6, 1–6Win 5–6 Feb 2023ITF Gurugram, IndiaW15 Hard Punnin Kovapitukted Shrivalli Bhamidipaty Vaidehi Chaudhari 6–2, 6–2Loss 5–7 May 2023ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandW25 Hard Anastasia Sukhotina Shrivalli Bhamidipaty Vaidehi Chaudhari 4–6, 3–6Loss 5–8 Aug 2023ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, ThailandW25 Hard Vaidehi Chaudhari Luksika Kumkhum Park So-hyun 6–7(4), 0–6Win 6–8 Oct 2023ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Anastasia Sukhotina Arabella Koller Camilla Zanolini 6–4, 6–7(11), [10–7] Loss 6–9 Jun 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Naïma Karamoko Xiao Zhenghua Xu Jiayu 6–7(7), 5–7Loss 6–10 Aug 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Celine Simunyu Sofya Gapankova Kseniya Yersh 2–6, 3–6Loss 6–11 Dec 2024ITF Navi Mumbai, IndiaW50 Hard Riya Bhatia Kanako Morisaki Naho Sato 6–4, 3–6, [7–10]Loss 6–12 Apr 2025ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Anastasiia Gureva Vilma Krebs Hyllested Johanne Svendsen 0–6, 7–5, [5–10]Loss 6–13 Apr 2025ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Anastasiia Gureva Abigail Rencheli Hibah Shaikh 4–6, 2–6Loss 6–14 Dec 2025ITF New Delhi, IndiaW35 Hard Vaidehi Chaudhari Hiroko Kuwata Ekaterina Yashina 2–6, 3–6Loss 6–15 Dec 2025ITF Solapur, IndiaW35 Hard Elina Nepliy Vaishnavi Adkar Ankita Raina 6–4, 5–7, [6–10]
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